SilentKnight and silnite: FAQ

Answers to the most commonly asked questions on my free utilities SilentKnight and its command tool sibling silnite.

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data with two version numbers

Apple has pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 175, dated […]

Ideal for keeping an eye on networked Macs, this command tool can do everything SilentKnight can in the way of firmware and security update checks.

Apple has released fixed versions of the Sierra and High Sierra Security Updates 2019-004, which it first released […]

An unexpected behaviour in the codesign command could cause the app to crash when examining certain app. Now fixed, plus several new features.

Why couldn’t you install Security Update 2019-004 on your T2-free Mac, when the problem was in its T2 firmware update?

The latest news on last week’s macOS updates is that the Mojave update to 10.14.6 does appear ‘safe’, […]

Note: Apple has now released fixed versions of the Security Updates: details here. Apple has overnight pulled one […]

Apple has now released fixed versions of the two Security Updates – see this article for full details. […]

Apple has just released the 10.14.6 update for macOS Mojave, as well as security updates for High Sierra […]